Top Anime

Here is a long list of every anime and a couple of manga I have watched or read in order of how much I enjoyed them. I have completed most of them excluding a couple near the bottom which sucked so much I dropped them. There is also a few anime I have watched the first episode of but didn’t like which did not make the list. The purpose of the list is so you can notice something I haven’t watched and recommend it to me in a fan boy like fashion to get me to watch it. The list does not contain anything that is currently airing this season unless I dropped it.

Blue things are added recently.

Persona 4

Angel Beats

Steins Gate

Avatar the Last Airbender & Avatar Korra

Cowboy Bebop

One Piece

Death Note

Full Metal Alchemist & Brotherhood

Clannad

Mushi Shi

Ghost in the Shell

Haibane Renmei

Samurai Champloo

Kino’s Journey

Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi

Suisei no Gargantia

Gurren Lagann

Kill la Kill

Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion

Soul Eater

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Sakamichi no Apollon

Bunny Drop

Sora no Woto

Claymore

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Durarara

Toradora

Gin no Saji

Nagi no Asukara

Tiger & Bunny

Yotsuba&!

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

Last Exile

Shingeki no Kyojin

Mysterious Girlfriend X

Shinsekai Yori

Eve no Jikan

Higurashi When They Cry

Katanagatari

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Little Busters

Baccano

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

Spice and Wolf

Non Non Biyori

xxxHolic

Psycho Pass

School Rumble

Kuroko’s Basketball

Daily Lives of High School Boys

Rurouni Kenshin

Infinite Ryvius

Sankarea

Shiki

Serial Experiments Lain

Ano Natsu de Matteru

Noragami

Watamote

Shangri-La

Toaru Majutsu no Index & Railgun

Darker Than Black

Monogatari Series

Valkyria Chronicles

The World Only God Knows

Azumanga Daioh

Genshiken Nidaime

Shinryaku! Ika Musume

Lucky Star

Aku no Hana (Manga)

Another

Monster

Full Metal Panic!

Girl Friends

Chobits

Fairy Tail

Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai

Kimi no Iru Machi

Welcome to NHK

Ghost Hound

Seirei no Moribito

Mawaru Penguindrum

Cardcaptor Sakura

Kyokai no Kanata

Nichijou

Devil Survivor 2

Un-Go

Black Lagoon

Danganronpa

Eureka Seven

Kobato

Gatchaman Crowds

Michiko to Hatchin

Cromartie High School

Tonari no Seki-kun

Servant x Service

Love Lab

Sakura Trick

Big Windup

Ouran High School Host Club

Ergo Proxy

Fireball

Arakawa Under the Bridge

Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova

Maoyuu Maou Yuusha

Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha

Hataraku Maou-sama

Mikakunin de Shinkoukei

Stella Jogakuin Koutouka C3-bu

Robotic;Notes

Bakuman

Kill Me Baby

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

Yozakura Quartet Hana no Uta

Accel World

Sword Art Online

Black Rock Shooter

Kamisama Dolls

Kiniro Mosaic

Ikoku Meiro no Croisee

Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou

Gosick

Rin Daughters of Mnemosyne

Future Diary

Ōkami Kakushi

Nisekoi

Hanasaku Iroha

Honey and Clover

Natsuyuki Rendezvous

Jungle wa Itsumo Hale nochi Gu

Gantz

A Channel

Kore wa Zombie desu ka?

Thermae Romae

RideBack

Blue Exorcist

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun

Dragon Crisis

Ore No Imouto Ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake Ga Nai

Allison and Lillia

Black Cat

Kotoura-san

Trigun

Ga-Rei Zero

Upotte

Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions

BlazBlue: Alter Memory

Coyote Ragtime Show

K-ON

Air

No.6

Kanon

Space Brothers

Space Dandy

Naruto

Tenjou Tenge

Eden of the East

Unbreakable Machine Doll

C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control

Dantalian’s Lib­rary

DGrey-Man

Ano Hana

Sekai Seifuku Bouryaku no Zvezda

Sasami-san@Ganbaranai

EF A Tale of Memories

Level E

Gunslinger Girls

Bleach

Working

C³ CubexCursedxCurious

Hidamari Sketch

Kurokami

Guilty Crown

Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo

Onegai Teacher

Kurau Phantom Memory

Shinigami no Ballad

NieA 7

Yumekui Merry

Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai

Kannagi

Hyouka

Kamisama no Memo-chou

Coppelion

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko

Outbreak Company

FateStay Night & Fate Zero

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge

Heroic Age

High School of the Dead

When the Seagulls Cry

Hamatora

Beezlebub

Blood C

Sora no Otoshimono

Rozen Maiden

Red Data Girl

Ichigo 100%

Sket Dance

Deadman Wonderland

Saki

Elemental Gelade

07 Ghost

Hyakko

Persona Trinity Soul

Innocent Venus

Vampire Knight

Kyouran Kazoku Nikki

Elfen Lied

Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien

Akikan

Yosuga no Sora

Blood +

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You know what’s awesome? I think I’ve watched 95% of these in one form or another! And I agree with you for the most part. Besides the fact that ur forgetting Code Geass R2 and the fact you have HSOTD on here, this is a pretty good list!

I counted Code Geass R2 as part of Code Geass. So it earned it’s spot near the top too. HSOTD is near the bottom because it was a huge flop it’s not like I put it up near the top or anything crazy like that.

It was an alright anime and had a decent story but I felt the gore was excessive and the bit with the dog was too much. Plus I remember the main girl urinating on the floor. That is messed up and I don’t want to see that.

I’m so saddened to see Sket Dance below Highschool of the Dead and Kannagi…Whatever. Anyways, if you like Mushishi (which I assume you do, since it’s in the top 10), then I recommend you check out Kin’s Journey (Kino no Tabi). The two are very similar, enough that I like to refer to Kino’s Journey as “Mushishi’s lesser-known cousin.” Though that may just be me. Anyways, if the mood ever strikes you, you should check it out.

Nice list. I’m sure it must have been difficult to try to rank things in descending order (I’d have a lot of ties between shows myself).

I got recommended Kino no Tabi a less then an hour ago so now that two people have said it I know I have to watch it. Thanks for the recommendation.

All those anime I don’t really enjoy just end up in a huge pile at the bottom of the list so anything down that far sort of just goes where ever it wants. Except the very bottom. I know those things are suppose to be there.

I started this list when I had watched only 70 anime so it’s a bit of a pet project.

I’ve just finished watching Last Exile. It was a wonderful blend of CG and traditional artwork. The music used during the various scenes conveyed the proper emotions. The ship battles felt massive and the characters were memorable as well. Glad to see it’s up there. Is this only for anime tv series and manga? I’m surprised the popular Studio Ghibli works are missing.

Check out the manga for Fate/Stay Night though, it’s really good. On a side note, I don’t know whether you’ve heard about this yet, but the Persona 4 Anime is getting a movie! I’m so excited for it :)

By: Suheil on May 30, 2012 at 2:12 pm

Oh yeah, I heard about the Persona 4 Movie a couple of hours ago and am super excited. It’s got so much potential; I just hope it gets a health budget and it would be nice if they incorporate the Persona 4 Golden game into the movie too.

Because although I enjoyed it somewhat I never really got attached to any of the character and now years after I stopped watching it I can’t even remember what happens so I guess that’s why it’s so low.

I adore Persona 4 because I loved the games to bits. I’ll admit the anime wasn’t perfect but it reminded me of all those hours I spent playing P4. I got P4 during a time when I didn’t have internet or many friends and I played it to death so that’s probably why it’s so high on my all time favorites.

Maybe it’t about time I try out some of these older popular anime. The reason I haven’t tried a few is because they are genres I’m not overly into but that being said if something is good enough it doesn’t matter what genre is about.

Thanks for the list, as for movies I could try that but unlike a lot of anime fans I don’t watch a lot of anime movies. There would be a few on the list but it wouldn’t compare to this huge list.